Fantasy Football Week 3: Early Top 15 Tight End Rankings

It appears we have found a matchup to exploit for the tight end position pretty early in the 2012 NFL season.

The Tennessee Titans have been absolutely lit up by players at the position in their first two contests.

The first pair of guys to go at them and put up numbers was Aaron Hernandez and Rob Gronkowski.

The second two? Dante Rosario and Randy McMichael.

One set of tight ends is obviously more recognizable than the other in the average fantasy football fan’s eyes. But the second pair of players was even more productive than the first one against Tennessee.

Because of all of this, I wouldn’t really argue with a desperation start of the Detroit Lions’ Tony Scheffler when he plays the Titans on Sunday.

What could happen is Calvin Johnson getting a lot of attention from Matthew Stafford down the middle of the field, detracting from Scheffler seeing too many targets in Week 3.

Johnson could go off, and there would still be enough looks for Brandon Pettigrew, which is why he’s my No. 1 fantasy tight end for Week 3.

10. Scott Chandler, Buffalo Bills (at Cleveland Browns): Like Celek, Chandler’s team will be without one if its starting receivers. Until someone out wide steps up, Chandler will be one of Ryan Fitzpatrick’s primary targets.

11. Martellus Bennett, New York Giants (at Carolina Panthers): Has scored in each of the season’s first two games. Eli Manning looks for him in the red zone.